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E. W. Hobson

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in Cambridge, with his wife Seline, born 25 March 1860, died 10 June 1940, by whom he had four sons, one of whom Walter William (1894–1930) is buried with them in the same grave.
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that was topical at the time; and included mistakes that were noticed later (for example by
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The theory of functions of a real variable and the theory of Fourier's series. Vol. II
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was something of a watershed in the British mathematical tradition; and was lauded by
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The theory of functions of a real variable and the theory of Fourier's series. Vol. I
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Mathematics, from the points of view of the Mathematician and of the Physicist
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The Theory of Functions of a Real Variable and the Theory of Fourier's Series
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The Theory of Functions of a Real Variable and the Theory of Fourier's Series
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The Theory of Functions of a Real Variable and the Theory of Fourier's Series
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The Theory of Functions of a Real Variable and the Theory of Fourier's Series
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He was the brother of the 479:"Hobson, Ernest William (HB874EW)" 445:"Ernest William Hobson. 1856-1933" 14: 834: 399: 385: 31: 16:English mathematician, 1856-1933 1338:People educated at Derby School 808:10.1090/S0002-9904-1932-05449-0 734:10.1090/S0002-9904-1916-02749-2 697:10.1090/S0002-9904-1914-02564-9 657:10.1090/S0002-9904-1928-04604-9 620:10.1090/S0002-9904-1927-04330-0 580:10.1090/S0002-9904-1922-03545-8 543:(4168): 307. 14 September 1907. 420:Symmetry of second derivatives 1: 753:The Domain of Natural Science 362:The Domain of Natural Science 1333:Fellows of the Royal Society 483:A Cambridge Alumni Database 212:Christ's College, Cambridge 143:Christ's College, Cambridge 90:Christ's College, Cambridge 1379: 634:Carmichael, R. D. (1928). 485:. University of Cambridge. 331:Vol. I, 3rd edition (1927) 318:Cambridge University Press 298:Cambridge University Press 276:A Treatise on Trigonometry 240:. It included material on 909: 711:Archibald, R. C. (1916). 415:Tonelli–Hobson test 162: 121: 30: 866:University of St Andrews 257:Robert Pollock Gillespie 757:The Journal of Religion 312:Hobson, E. W. (1926) , 290:Hobson, E. W. (1921) , 188:University of Cambridge 1323:English mathematicians 923:James Joseph Sylvester 464:10.1098/rsbm.1934.0008 202:, and was educated at 1083:George Neville Watson 841:Ernest William Hobson 515:"Gillespie biography" 208:Royal School of Mines 180:mathematical analysis 169:Ernest William Hobson 86:Royal School of Mines 1318:De Morgan Medallists 1259:John Griggs Thompson 1251:Keith William Morton 1035:Godfrey Harold Hardy 903:De Morgan Medallists 852:Robertson, Edmund F. 457:(3): 236–413. 1934. 262:He is buried in the 1348:Royal Medal winners 850:O'Connor, John J.; 751:(1924). "Review of 425:Squaring the circle 346:Squaring the Circle 259:studied under him. 255:From 1924 to 1927, 227:spherical harmonics 190:from 1910 to 1931. 157:John Maynard Keynes 839:Works by or about 755:by E. W. Hobson". 501:2010-10-18 at the 407:Mathematics portal 1343:People from Derby 1285: 1284: 1203:Albrecht Fröhlich 1163:C. Ambrose Rogers 1091:A. S. Besicovitch 979:J. W. L. Glaisher 595:Carmichael, R. D. 555:Moore, Charles N. 232:His 1907 work on 166: 165: 123:Scientific career 1370: 1358:Senior Wranglers 1278: 1270: 1262: 1254: 1246: 1243:Bryan John Birch 1238: 1230: 1222: 1214: 1206: 1198: 1190: 1187:J. W. S. Cassels 1182: 1174: 1166: 1158: 1150: 1142: 1134: 1126: 1118: 1110: 1102: 1099:E. C. Titchmarsh 1094: 1086: 1078: 1070: 1062: 1059:J. E. Littlewood 1054: 1046: 1043:Bertrand Russell 1038: 1030: 1022: 1014: 1006: 998: 990: 982: 974: 966: 958: 955:William Burnside 950: 942: 934: 926: 918: 896: 889: 882: 873: 868: 838: 813: 812: 810: 783:Franklin, Philip 779: 773: 772: 745: 739: 738: 736: 708: 702: 701: 699: 672:Archibald, R. C. 668: 662: 661: 659: 631: 625: 624: 622: 591: 585: 584: 582: 551: 545: 544: 537:by E. W. Hobson" 529: 523: 522: 517:. 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Derby
Royal School of Mines
Christ's College, Cambridge
Real analysis
Royal Medal
De Morgan Medal
Mathematician
Christ's College, Cambridge
Philippa Fawcett
John Maynard Keynes
FRS
mathematician
mathematical analysis
Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics
University of Cambridge
Derby
Derby School
Royal School of Mines
Christ's College, Cambridge
Senior Wrangler
economist
John A. Hobson
spherical harmonics
real analysis
G. H. Hardy
general topology
Fourier series
R. L. Moore
Robert Pollock Gillespie

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